A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe. My first analysis of the title, i was thinking about other poems i read of Edgar Allan Poe's. And his poems were more in the science fiction category. The poem could have some supernatural things included in it from his dream. Of course i caught imagery in the poem as you should find in almost every poem. Edgar Allan Poe quotes in his poem " I have dreamed of joy departed". Poe describes in his dream that all happiness, and hope have drowned away from him leaving him with only one feeling left, feeling bad, or depressed. Another example of imagery, Poe states " But a waking dream of life and light hath left me broken-hearted". This quote recalls his dream as being a heart-breaker.
"Hath cheered me as a lovely beam", is a figure of speech representing a example of a simile. Edgar Allan Poe describes his dream as being a holy dream. Having a holy dream could mean great things headed toward your way, a good deed perhaps, a miracle happening right in front of your eyes.
Another sybol mentioned is a lonely spirit guiding. This is a symbol of God trying to get through to you, to get a message out to you or use you as the message itself to someone in need. Analyzing this poem the speaker's attitude is cheerful, happy, and inferior to happy things like his joyful surroundings. Also the speaker's attitude shifts when he quotes " But a waking dream of life and light hath left me broken-hearted; Ah! What is not a dream by day to him whose eyes are cast... ". The speaker is pretty confident until he comes to his conclusion.
The significance of the poem was the speaker's holy dream which he learned to be next to Godliness. His dream could also be the idea the speaker is getting out to his readers. The theme the speaker wants you to know is learn what's so significant about a dream that really does mean something.
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